$3 Million for Transformational Energy Technology
Boston University was awarded $3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for an academic-industry research collaboration that will be led by Michael Caramanis, BU Professor (ME, SE) and faculty affiliate of the Center for Information & Systems Engineering and of the Institute of Sustainable Energy. The funding will […]
Yannis Paschalidis Named the 2020 Charles DeLisi Distinguished Lecturer
Professor Yannis Paschalidis is the 2020 recipient of the Charles DeLisi Award and Distinguished Lecture. This award celebrates high-impact research in engineering. This showcasing event allows all members of the Boston University community to meet a distinguished scholar selected from the College of Engineering faculty discussing a topic of recognized excellence. Professor Paschalidis will present on […]
BU-Harvard Team Wins $1.2M NSF Grant to Improve Women’s Reproductive Health using AI and Machine Learning
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Boston University and Harvard University is working to address women’s reproductive health challenges with the help of a $1.2M, four-year grant funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Smart and Connected Health (SCH) program. The BU-led project will leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to develop an […]
BU Initiatives on Cities – Beyond Congestion: Pathways to Better Mobility
On Tuesday March 26, panelists discussed how current transportation networks within major cities do not operate efficiently and future technology will serve a key role in incentivizing change and eliminating congestion. The conversation was initially led by Matthew Raifman, Senior Manager at Ford Smart Mobility. Raifman described congestion as an “excess of vehicles on a portion of […]
Researchers Win $900k NSF Grant to Predict Heart Disease, Diabetes Using Machine Learning
Researchers from the Boston University College of Engineering and Boston Medical Center (BMC) will use a three-year, $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and pilot a health informatics system to predict patients at risk of heart disease or diabetes, and enable early intervention and personalized treatment. “Our research vision is to deliver personalized healthcare, […]
New papers by CISE Faculty & Students Featured in Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issue on Smart Cities
Recent UN projections show explosive growth in the urban population, doubling worldwide by 2050. It is clear that cities are on the cusp of disruptive changes. From smart phones and wearable technologies to self-driving cars, navigation apps, and drones, new smart devices that connect people, places and things are being invented every day, radically changing […]
New Study Offers Hope for Urban Commuters
A new paper by faculty and student researchers from BU Center for Information & Systems Engineering could dramatically ease commuter frustration. Frustration. Rage. Anxiety. These are just some of the adjectives people use to describe their emotional state when driving the streets of Boston, the sixth-most-gridlock-plagued urban area in the country, according to a WBUR survey. Boston is not alone in […]
Symposium on the COntrol of NEtwork Systems (SCONES)
The Symposium on the Control of Network Systems (SCONES) took place on October 16 & 17, 2017 on the campus of Boston University, in Boston, MA. This event highlighted the increasing role of networks to a plethora of diverse areas, including game theory and distributed optimization, power, multi-agent and robotic, biological, and social networks & […]
CISE-Led Project Nets 2nd Place in IBM/IEEE Smarter Planet Competition
As part of a multifaceted collaboration to create technology to solve urban problems, the City of Boston and a Boston University-led research team developed an iPhone app, Street Bump, to upgrade management of local road repairs. Now IBM and IEEE have recognized Street Bump as a significant contribution to Boston, awarding its developers the second […]
Popular Science Recognizes ENG Professor for CleanTech Innovation
Power Grid Optimization Software Lowers Costs, Boosts Renewables By Mark Dwortzan In its June issue, Popular Science recognized Research Associate Professor Pablo Ruiz (ME) as one of 12 trailblazing energy technology innovators. Ruiz leads a team of researchers that has designed software that locates electric power grid congestion and reroutes power to less active transmission […]